Major League Baseball isn’t what it used to be.
While other major sports leagues have become somewhat more global and the game has evolved, there’s a common sentiment about baseball going in the opposite direction.
Perhaps it is younger generations not being able to sit through an entire nine-inning game, or perhaps it’s the league’s inability or unwillingness to adapt to the perks and demands of the modern market.
Whatever the case, the fact that teams aren’t even forced to spend money has led to a major disparity in competitiveness that has made the league somewhat predictable and boring to watch.
That’s why Mark Cuban gave up on his dream of buying the Pittsburgh Pirates.
If someone offered you a job, that paid 25m or more per year, to stand in Market Square and let the entire city of Pittsburgh yell at you, would you take that job ?
That job is owning the Pirates.
Why would they sell ? https://t.co/PI8se807lH
The business mogul took to social media to take a big jab at the ownership, stating that they pretty much make $25 million a year to allow fans to yell at them.
Simply put, the Pirates don’t need to spend money because the league doesn’t require them to do so.
They get revenue because of ticket sales, TV broadcasts, etc, so it’s pretty much a fool-proof passive income.
That’s a big issue with Major League Baseball and why you see other teams like the Oakland Athletics perennially struggling and not even spending on their payroll.
The league will have to do something about that.
And after watching Cuban turn the Dallas Mavericks into a World Class organization, the fans will most definitely not be happy that he wasn’t able to purchase his hometown baseball team.